ProcessHelperCreateProcess Method

[DllImportAttribute("coredll.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
public static bool CreateProcess(
	string applicationName,
	string commandLine,
	IntPtr processAttributes,
	IntPtr threadAttributes,
	bool inheritHandles,
	uint creationFlags,
	IntPtr environment,
	string currentDirectory,
	IntPtr startupInfo,
	out ProcessInformation processInformation
)

<DllImportAttribute("coredll.dll", CharSet := CharSet.Auto>]
Public Shared Function CreateProcess ( 
	applicationName As String,
	commandLine As String,
	processAttributes As IntPtr,
	threadAttributes As IntPtr,
	inheritHandles As Boolean,
	creationFlags As UInteger,
	environment As IntPtr,
	currentDirectory As String,
	startupInfo As IntPtr,
	<OutAttribute> ByRef processInformation As ProcessInformation
) As Boolean

public:
[DllImportAttribute(L"coredll.dll", CharSet = CharSet::Auto)]
static bool CreateProcess(
	String^ applicationName, 
	String^ commandLine, 
	IntPtr processAttributes, 
	IntPtr threadAttributes, 
	bool inheritHandles, 
	unsigned int creationFlags, 
	IntPtr environment, 
	String^ currentDirectory, 
	IntPtr startupInfo, 
	[OutAttribute] ProcessInformation% processInformation
)

[<DllImportAttribute("coredll.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)>]
static member CreateProcess : 
        applicationName : string * 
        commandLine : string * 
        processAttributes : IntPtr * 
        threadAttributes : IntPtr * 
        inheritHandles : bool * 
        creationFlags : uint32 * 
        environment : IntPtr * 
        currentDirectory : string * 
        startupInfo : IntPtr * 
        processInformation : ProcessInformation byref -> bool 

Parameters

applicationName  String

The name of the module to be executed. This module can be a Windows-based application. It can be some other type of module (for example, MS-DOS or OS/2) if the appropriate subsystem is available on the local computer.

commandLine  String

The command line to be executed. The maximum length of this string is 32,768 characters, including the Unicode terminating null character. If applicationName is NULL, the module name portion of lpCommandLine is limited to MAX_PATH (260) characters.

processAttributes  IntPtr

A pointer to a structure that determines whether the returned handle to the new process object can be inherited by child processes. If lpProcessAttributes is NULL, the handle cannot be inherited.

threadAttributes  IntPtr

A pointer to a structure that determines whether the returned handle to the new thread object can be inherited by child processes. If threadAttributes is NULL, the handle cannot be inherited.

inheritHandles  Boolean

If this parameter is TRUE, each inheritable handle in the calling process is inherited by the new process. If the parameter is FALSE, the handles are not inherited. Note that inherited handles have the same value and access rights as the original handles.

creationFlags  UInt32

The flags that control the priority class and the creation of the process. For a list of values, see .

environment  IntPtr

A pointer to the environment block for the new process. If this parameter is NULL, the new process uses the environment of the calling process.

currentDirectory  String

The full path to the current directory for the process. The string can also specify a UNC path.

startupInfo  IntPtr

A pointer to a or STARTUPINFOEX structure.

processInformation  ProcessInformation

A pointer to a structure that receives identification information about the new process.

Return Value

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